Our friend Portia is back with another problem for us. This time she puts her picture into one of three caskets and places the following inscriptions on them:
Gold casket: The portrait is in here.
Silver casket: The portrait is in here.
Lead casket: At least two of the caskets have a false inscription.
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December 28, 2007 at 5:34 pm |
oh, i get it. lead.
somehow
“Portia explains to her suitor that each inscription may be true or false, but that she has placed her portrait in one of the caskets in a manner that is consistent with this truth or falsity of the inscriptions.”
didn’t get it for me (even after glancing
at some of the comments). maybe
something along the lines
“*none* of the statements is paradoxical”
might’ve been helpful …